2001 Space Odyssy on DVD

TinCool · 15-06-2001 3:39pm #1

Anyone buy this yet ? Is it worth the asking price of £40 (well £40 on the hmv.co.uk website anyays).

ObeyGiant · 15-06-2001 3:49pm

£44 on HMV Grafton Street.
Is it worth it? It's up to you. I gave up buying special edition box sets a long time ago.

Hecate · 15-06-2001 4:00pm

Is it worth £44?

I'd say no. You do get the soundtrack but there's fup all extras on the dvd itself, apart from the trailer.

You'd think Warner's would have put a bit more into producing this dvd, especially for a film as important as 2001. But no, it's just the usual Warner bros. dvd cheapness.

Bard · 15-06-2001 4:02pm

Is it some sort of special edition or is it the same as this one available for £31 (stg) on Amazon ?

Bard

Does exactly what it says on the tin.

TinCool · 15-06-2001 6:57pm

Originally posted by Bard:
Is it some sort of special edition or is it the same as this one available for £31 (stg) on Amazon ?

Yep, that's the same one

Bard · 16-06-2001 10:53am

Originally posted by TinCool:
Yep, that's the same one

hmmm... why buy it from HMV then when you can buy it and have it delivered by Amazon UK for the equivalent of IR£40 ?

Bard

(in Limerick...)

gandalf · 16-06-2001 1:48pm

Heres a review of that DVD from DVDtimes http://www.dvdtimes.co.uk/getreview.cgi?id=76

Looks like a nice package if you like that film which I don't.

Gandalf.

azezil · 16-06-2001 7:10pm

that film wrecked my head!, n no way would i pay anymore than £25 for a DVD no matter what it was!

"just because you're not paraniod, doesn't mean they're not after you!"

Greenbean · 18-06-2001 12:58am

Is this the going price for DVD's? They are so taking the p1ss. Bump out a new medium, that is cheaper to make than the last and charge more early so the prices stay high later - no DVD should be above 15 by all rights, and we only accept 15 quid because thats the extraordinary prices that CD's settled at (given that was bout 8 years ago).

Bard · 18-06-2001 1:10am

Originally posted by Greenbean:
Is this the going price for DVD's?

No. Most are between £16 and £24 in my experience.

Bard

Does exactly what it says on the tin.

TwoShedsJackson · 18-06-2001 11:31am

So now you can be bored out of your mind on DVD eh? That asking price is a ripoff, and don't forget that because Kubrick was an obstinate pri<k, there's no widescreen version, he insisted on shooting fullframe.

alastair · 18-06-2001 11:45am

Um, I've got the region 1 version and it's widescreen. Admittedly not 16:9, but the correct cinemascope (I assume?) aspect ratio.

I only paid $25 for my disk. It's a great film up til the hippy wig out sequence.

gandalf · 19-06-2001 12:40am

Well the most I paid for a DVD was around £50 for The Criterion Edition of Brazil, 2 Versions of the Film on separate DVD's and another full DVD of extras, documentaries etc.

In my opinion it was well worth the investment. Then again Brazil is one of my favourite films.

Gandalf.

Lucy_la_morte · 19-06-2001 8:17am

Brazil is an amazing film.

Miaow.

Lucy la morte.

Hecate · 19-06-2001 2:17pm

well after watching it, this disk really is terrible.

Especially considering it's one a milestone in the history of sci fi (like it or not), and was released as a supposed "Special Edition".

I'm sick and tired of Warner's cheap-ass approach to dvd's, only occansionly do they bother to put any kind of effort in their releases, and only for big name films like the matrix. Oh and I hate their snap cases

well this is turning into a rant against warner bros.

2001 Space Odyssy on DVD

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